Pollution
Fit washing machines with filters to reduce microplastic pollution, MPs say
Women’s Institute supports initiative, urging manufacturers to take action on plastic microfibres
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
21, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM
‘We feel vindicated’: life by a landfill after vital high court ruling
People living amid toxic fumes hope ruling will force Walleys Quarry to make urgent changes
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
17, Sep, 2021 @3:23 PM
Pollution on some new UK trains ‘13 times one of London’s busiest roads’
Nitrogen dioxide levels far exceed average recorded on traffic-clogged Marylebone Road, according to a study
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
16, Sep, 2021 @7:01 PM
Watchdog must do more to protect boy, 5, from landfill fumes, court rules
Doctors say Mathew Richards’ life expectancy has been shortened due to exposure to hydrogen sulphide fumes
Jessica Murray
16, Sep, 2021 @4:23 PM
Production of forever chemicals emits potent greenhouse gases, analysis finds
EPA data reveals that one of America’s biggest PFAS manufacturing plants is second largest polluter of highly damaging HCFC-22 gas
Tom Perkins
16, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM
Pollution is damaging UK rivers more than public thinks, report says
Survey finds 43% of people saying waterways are in good condition despite threats in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Patrick Barkham
14, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM
‘Forever chemicals’: the hidden threat from the toxic PFAS on your shelf
PFAS are used in paints, food packaging and even cosmetics. We know they are in our water, air, soil and bodies – but less about how they will affect us
Anna Turns
14, Sep, 2021 @6:00 AM
New Thames tunnel will make London pollution worse, warn climate activists
Campaigners say Sadiq Khan’s support for a four-lane road under the river is at odds with his environmental aims
Harriet Sherwood
11, Sep, 2021 @3:00 PM
An actor, two big bees and a lot of experts: a week spent tackling the planet’s problems
World’s largest conservation summit since Covid-19 brought 4,000 people to Marseille to showcase issues and solutions from coral reefs to land protection
Patrick Greenfield
11, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM
HS2 loses large amount of potentially highly polluting bentonite
Campaigners are dismayed that so much of the clay slurry could have been lost during construction
Diane Taylor
10, Sep, 2021 @11:36 AM
Netherlands proposes radical plans to cut livestock numbers by almost a third
Dutch farmers could be forced to sell land and reduce the amount of animals they keep to help lower ammonia pollution
Senay Boztas
09, Sep, 2021 @12:31 PM
More global aid goes to fossil fuel projects than tackling dirty air – study
Air pollution kills more than malaria, HIV/Aids and TB combined but receives only 1% of development aid
Damian Carrington Environment editor
06, Sep, 2021 @11:01 PM
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